Of course, any mildly intelligent person would be intellectually obligated to go for the 2GB plan, which offers four times the data as the cheaper plan for just $10 more. And make no mistake — that’s exactly what Verizon wants you to do.

One main caveat to the new plans is that they only work with 3G phones like the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and the various BlackBerry models. That may sound like a bad thing, but it actually isn’t: Who in their right mind is going to use an LTE phone with a 500MB dataplan? The data wouldn’t make it a week.